vulnerability
Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2021-36740): Varnish Cache vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N) | Jul 14, 2021 | Jun 9, 2022 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jul 14, 2021
Added
Jun 9, 2022
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
Varnish Cache, with HTTP/2 enabled, allows request smuggling and VCL authorization bypass via a large Content-Length header for a POST request. This affects Varnish Enterprise 6.0.x before 6.0.8r3, and Varnish Cache 5.x and 6.x before 6.5.2, 6.6.x before 6.6.1, and 6.0 LTS before 6.0.8.
Solutions
ubuntu-upgrade-libvarnishapi1ubuntu-upgrade-libvarnishapi2ubuntu-upgrade-varnish
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